iCloud now supports downloads of "most" iTunes movies, apart from Fox, Universal
Apple debuted the ability to download previous purchases via iCloud for TV shows, apps and books. The company now notes in iTunes that "most movies" can also be downloaded to all of your devices "no matter what device you bought it on."
A report by Wall Street Journal blogger Peter Kafka for All Things D notes that of the six major movie studios, "News Corp.âs Fox and Comcastâs Universal arenât in, because they have pre-existing deals with Time Warnerâs HBO that give the pay-TV service exclusive 'windows.'â
Kafka added "that should get sorted out eventually," citing HBO spokesman Jeff Cusson as saying, âWith every technological enhancement, we have always been able to find common ground with our studio partners, and weâre sure that will be the result here.â
From iTunes, users can now download movie purchases made dating back to the opening of the iTunes Movie Store, from most major studios and a variety of independents, including short films.
The second generation Apple TV running at least software 4.3 can already download previous purchases of movies in addition to the previous TV Shows option, although Apple has now made a new software update for Apple TV available.
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That "minor contractual dispute" means that about 30% of the movies I paid for are not available.
Way to go studios. Haven't we talked before about screwing over the customers who are actually willing to pay for content???
I was hoping with movies in the cloud this would pretty much be the death of ultraviolet.
I guess since this the movie is technically streamed/downloaded from the cloud that is the problem.
The quicker ultraviolet dies the better.
I long for the day that my movies will be matched like the music. All my DVDs upgraded to 1080p for free with iTunes movie match. Oh... Dreams (studios would likely never allow it). I'd gladly pay $100 for it
The quicker ultraviolet dies the better.
I long for the day that my movies will be matched like the music. All my DVDs upgraded to 1080p for free with iTunes movie match. Oh... Dreams (studios would likely never allow it). I'd gladly pay $100 for it
I think bandwidth issues might play a role too, which even in dream form would likely severely limit uploading of movies that can't be matched.
Only 10 of my 23 digital copies show up in purchased; the rest are Fox and Universal titles. And since all digital copies are SD, why not an option to upgrade to HD like they did with iTunes Plus?